..From limited data, no additional removal could be attributed to the use of membrane bioreactors, media filters, or longer hydraulic retention times. Reverse osmosis was effective in removing any remaining compounds...

Impact of MBR cleaning and breaching on passage of selected microorganisms and subsequent inactivation by free chlorine

..The presence of Giardia cysts in filtrate samples of two of nine MBR facilities sampled demonstrated the need for an appropriate disinfection process at these facilities...

Sources of nutrients impacting surface waters in Florida: a review

Mohammad BadruzzamanJ Environ Manage 109:80-92. 2012

..Although this review is focused in Florida, the development of source specific markers as a tool for tracing nutrient loadings back to sources of origin is applicable and of value to all other geographical locations...